Fort Winneba was a slave fort designed to facilitate the trade in enslaved people. The Royal African Company built the fort in 1694,[1] on the Gold Coast, in modern-day Ghana.
William Smith, who had been appointed to review the Company's castles in Africa following disturbing reports that they were unprofitable, in 1727 surveyed the fort. He described it as follows:
References
- David Owusu-Ansah. Historical Dictionary of Ghana Rowman & Littlefield, 2014^
- William Smith. A new voyage to Guinea John Nourse, 1745^